Ran this 2-7-2008, little at townsend was just above 3.5, little at maryville was 2400cfs. Strangely the cades cove raingauge only showed .36" of rain on yesterday. I live 20min from the river and it poured half the day yesterday. Wife and I ran it and loved it, first time down for both. Water was definitely UP, I have nothing to compare it to other than the other pictures posted here. The entire run is full of great class II water, at this level you should be comfortable in II+. We had to get out and scout a few times, but could run everything with no trouble. At .3mi from put in there was a river wide strainer, but easily spotted and avoided. The run is completely clear rest of way. Some wonderful lengthy long class two sections. Lots of great class II play spots at this level as well. This run was much more exciting than I expected and was tons of fun. The down side is the 40min flatwater paddle at the end, into a headwind to get to the take out. very remote, absolutely beautful. no easy escape routes if something goes wrong, once your in there your in there, so be prepared:( FYI, in my open boat, I had to duck to get under the foot bridge after the put in. That may be my own guage for future runs. There is a trail that leads to the foot bridge directly across from the ranger station. I will try to add some pictures from the run.

Ran this today 2-7-2008, little at townsend was just above 3.5, little at maryville was 2400cfs. Strangely the cades cove raingauge only showed .36" of rain on yesterday. I live 20min from the river and it poured half the day yesterday. Wife and I ran it and loved it, first time down for both. Water was definitely UP, I have nothing to compare it to other than the other pictures posted here. The entire run is full of great class II water, at this level you should be comfortable in II+. We had to get out and scout a few times, but could run everything with no trouble. At .3mi from put in there was a river wide strainer, but easily spotted and avoided. The run is completely clear rest of way. Some wonderful lengthy long class two sections. Lots of great class II play spots at this level as well. This run was much more exciting than I expected and was tons of fun. The down side is the 40min flatwater paddle at the end, into a headwind to get to the take out. very remote, absolutely beautful. no easy escape routes if something goes wrong, once your in there your in there, so be prepared:( FYI, in my open boat, I had to duck to get under the foot bridge after the put in. That may be my own guage for future runs. There is a trail that leads to the foot bridge directly across from the ranger station. I will try to add some pictures from the run. Edit

Have run it twice now, once when the little was 2.9 and again at 3.1. Both times it was low but fine. Its all about where the rain falls. You could catch it at 2.5 and miss it at 3.5, just check Cades Cove rain gauge. You need an inch in the past 18 hours or so.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Kirk